I got caught up in one of those On-Line death rumors over the weekend. The headline: Morgan Freeman is gone. Being a voice over actor with commercials heard around this giant blue marble I was deeply saddened. To many of us Morgan is Yoda.
Damn if I didn't react. Only to realize how gullible I really am.
Rumors feed hungry imaginations. It's such an odd tumble, stumble trip or badly misplaced step around the same ole circle. By the time you react creators have quickly induced labor on other bent out place ways to sway.
One of the most famous gags began in late 1969 when rumors circulated that Paul McCartney died and was replaced by William Campbell who had won a Paul lookalike contest. Further, even though this was kept a secret, the Beatles have been planting clues in lyrics and on album covers to tell us about it.
Look how many Elvis Presley has popped up at convenience stores!
Was the story about Justin Bieber grabbing a little action in a closet which led to a pregnancy a fact or rumor? His most recent video had music fans convinced his laptop filled with personal videos had been swiped, then from out of nowhere came this incredibly energetic YouTube hot feature.
KISS breaking up in the late 70's was a rumor until Gene Simmons spilled his guts, "Ace and Peter wanted to go solo. Paul and I decided, why do we all do it? Lets don't give our fans any reason to believe it over. When in reality Simmons and Stanley were living a daily nightmare."
Led Zeppelin reuniting has always been a fire starter. Billy Joel nearly getting killed in a car accident caused by drunk driving...has it ever been proven? Adam Lambert immediately put a halt to rumors about him being gay while the world will never know the true story about Michael Jackson's multiple days in court.
Honey Boo Boo's mother was recently quoted, "We don't have a manager... We are doing well without one." To which I replied while hearing the story on the Ace and TJ Show, "I hope to God you never "F" up because you're gonna need a press agent to keep the paparazzi away."
Rumors! I nearly picked up the latest US magazine to read the crap about the Kardashian wedding. I'd grab the pages then put it back. Grabbed it again only to shout, "No! It'll barely last six minutes! Why am I wasting so much time with this girl?"
Stop! Let's get to settling one of music's biggest most outrageous pieces of rumor trash.
Paul McCartney has come out of the closet. Yoko Ono shouldn't be blamed for breaking up the The Beatles or ripping John Lennon from what was labeled a brilliant writing partnership and friendship.
RollingStone Magazine reports Paul recently told David Frost, "She certainly didn't break the group up," McCartney says, countering the commonly held belief that Ono caused the Beatles' dissolution. "I don't think you can blame her for anything," McCartney says, adding that Lennon was "definitely going to leave."
McCartney also says Lennon wouldn't have written "Imagine" without the influence of Ono, a conceptual artist. "When Yoko came along, part of her attraction was her avant garde side, her view of things," McCartney says. "She showed him another way to be, which was very attractive to him. So it was time for John to leave."
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